Neale Lavis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Neale Lavis

Australian equestrian

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1930

Place of Birth: Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 06-Oct-2019

Profession: equestrian, event rider

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Neale John Lavis (11 June 1930 – 6 October 2019) was an Australian equestrian and Olympic champion.
He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and a silver medal in individual eventing.
He also participated at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, but did not win any medals there.
He later became involved with a cattle and racehorse stud in Braidwood, which produced Just A Dash, the winner of the 1981 Melbourne Cup, and Strawberry Road, the 1982/83 Racehorse of the Year.
After the Rome Olympics, he married Velma; they had four children.Lavis was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1989, received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 1999, and received an Australian Sports Medal in 2000.